Essays about: "Residents living patterns"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Residents living patterns.
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1. High tide flooding in near future projections for popular travel destinations
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : High tide flooding (HTF) is becoming more common in coastal regions of the United States, although this phenomenon remains largely undocumented in published literature from other parts of the world. No matter the emissions scenario over the next decades, sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue worldwide until at least the end of the 21st century, continually pushing the frequency and severity of HTF. READ MORE
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2. Urban Planning for Better Air Quality : A case study of the Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods in London
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Air pollution affects the environment negatively, boosts climate change, and is the cause of millions of deaths per year, first and foremost affecting the people living in urban areas. Since the early 20th century, many cities have been planned around cars, which are the main contributors to the bad air quality. READ MORE
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3. NEIGHBORHOOD AS A LIVING ORGANISM
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : To encounter the ambiguity of the contemporary understanding of neighborhood, we must fundamentally view the concept from a broad historical and global perspective. A neighborhood should be understood as an organism; this whole organism is alive, constantly changing, and its structure is fluid. READ MORE
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4. Household overcrowding in Stockholm : A study of its spatial distribution and associations with socio-economic, demographic and housing characteristics at a small-scale neighborhood level
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenAbstract : Existing studies of household overcrowding in Sweden are often descriptive and examine patterns at a large scale. Levels of overcrowding have increased since the mid-1980s and the highest shares are found in the largest cities among residents with a low income, a migration background, living in rental apartments, and often with children. READ MORE
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5. ”För att utveckla samhället krävs driftiga människor som tar tag i saker” : en studie om att bo i Stockholms skärgård
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Öarna belägna i Stockholms skärgård har utvecklats från platsbundna egenskaper och förutsättningar vilket har skapat samhällen som är anpassade efter historia, geografi och klimat. Trots att det finns tydliga olikheter mellan öarna finns problem och utmaningar som återfinnes på flera öar. READ MORE
